This album of 160 colour photographs was taken in the Southern
Region of B.R., which was formerly the lines constituting the
Southern Railway. Bill Reed took the pictures between 1958 and 1967
during a number of visits to stations, sheds and areas offering
attractive vantage points of locomotives. From Greater London in
the north, at sheds and stations including Bricklayers Arms,
Feltham and Victoria, to Brighton, Southampton and Bournemouth on
the south coast. Dover and Folkestone in the south east were
visited as well as Exeter, Yeovil and Wadebridge on the south west.
The Isle of Wight is also included as the area was incorporated
into the S.R. upon Grouping and later the Southern Region of B.R.
This book contains a selection of photographs taken on numerous
branch lines around the region and these are particularly evocative
of the final years of steam under B.R. operation. From a modern
perspective they also give an indication why there was such an
eagerness on the part of B.R. for their closure. Many of the lines
utilized locomotives that had been in service for a number of years
and were perhaps coming to the end of their life span.
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